“The internet has been abuzz lately with talk of a new Apple Macbook Pro lineup for 2012 which may include with it a new liquidmetal that replaces the companies currently aluminum body design,” James Johnson reports for The Inquisitr.
“If Apple is to move forward with its current liquidmetal technology it is likely that the company will be required to create a new cooling system that can compensate for the loss of natural heat conductivity offered by the company’s aluminum body design,” Johnson reports.
Johnson reports, “The thermal heating problem however may already have a solution, according to ZDnet: ‘Buried on Liquidmetal Technologies website, a reference signals a way to tailor the material for specific thermal and electrical conductivity, so there may be possible to re-engineer the material to overcome this problem.'””
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MacDailyNews Take: We heard they’re going to build the Mothership campus out of Liquidmetal. 😉
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